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BOUVET ISLAND

 (territory of Norway) 

@Bouvet Island:Geography

 Location: Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean,
 south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

 Map references: Antarctic Region

 Area:
 total area: 58 sq km
 land area: 58 sq km
 comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

 Land boundaries: 0 km

 Coastline: 29.6 km

 Maritime claims:
 territorial sea: 4 nm

 International disputes: none

 Climate: antarctic

 Terrain: volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly
 inaccessible

 Natural resources: none

 Land use:
 arable land: 0%
 permanent crops: 0%
 meadows and pastures: 0%
 forest and woodland: 0%
 other: 100% (all ice)

 Irrigated land: 0 sq km

 Environment:
 current issues: NA
 natural hazards: NA
 international agreements: NA

 Note: covered by glacial ice

@Bouvet Island:People

 Population: uninhabited

@Bouvet Island:Government

 Names:
 conventional long form: none
 conventional short form: Bouvet Island

 Digraph: BV

 Type: territory of Norway

 Capital: none; administered from Oslo, Norway

 Independence: none (territory of Norway)

Economy

 Overview: no economic activity

@Bouvet Island:Transportation

 Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

@Bouvet Island:Communications

 Telephone system: *** No data for this item ***

 Note: automatic meteorological station

@Bouvet Island:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of Norway


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